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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Heaven 17
Heaven 17
Performer
Glenn Gregory
Glenn Gregory
Vocals
Martyn Ware
Martyn Ware
Synthesizer Programming
Ian Craig Marsh
Ian Craig Marsh
Synthesizer Programming
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Glenn Gregory
Glenn Gregory
Composer
Martyn Ware
Martyn Ware
Composer
Ian Craig Marsh
Ian Craig Marsh
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
B.E.F.
B.E.F.
Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Play to win
[Verse 2]
City clubland, theatre, dockland, empty house, no audience
Smiles of fortune, no man master, play to win and break the bank
(Play to win)
Turn professional, know your job, be up to every trick
Make a breakthrough, strain your eyes
Have no secrets, hear no lies
(Play to win)
[Verse 3]
(And then he said) Have no secrets
Hear no lies (Play to win)
(And then he said) Have no secrets
Hear no lies (Play to win)
[Verse 4]
One need a great deal more than this, make-up master plan
Tension mars the prettiest face, sex in fairyland
(Play to win)
How can you improve your life, obtain the unobtainable
Boost your health, a giant refreshed, treat rough, get tough, 10-10
(Play to win)
[Verse 5]
(Play to win)
[Verse 6]
Di you take a backseat when your kids were small?
Suit the movement to the word, reverse and take the action
(Play to win)
Now suit the action to the word, make every minute count
Matching cunning, see the cars, step on hells of chance
(Play to win)
[Verse 7]
(And then he said) Have no secrets
Hear no lies (Play to win)
(And then he said) Have no secrets
Hear no lies (Play to win)
[Verse 8]
(And then he said) Have no secrets
Hear no lies (Play to win)
(And then he said) Have no secrets
Hear no lies (Play to win)
Written by: Glenn Gregory, Ian Craig Marsh, Martyn Ware

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